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Oriade
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Oriade is a Local Government area in the northeastern part of Osun State. It is predominantly occupied by the Ijesa people. Its capital is Ijebu-Jesa (or Ijebu Ijesha) in the north of the area at. The current chairman of the council is Obeisun Ezekiel Olubunmi.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Oriade
Settlement.settlement_type
LGA
Settlement.pushpin_map
Nigeria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Locations in Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Osun State
Settlement.leader_title
Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council
Settlement.leader_name
Obeisun Ezekiel Olubunmi
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
428.7
Settlement.population_as_of
2022 census
Settlement.population_total
192,600
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.timezone
WAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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  • Oriade South Local Council Development Area (LCDA)
  • References

Oriade is a Local Government area in the northeastern part of Osun State. It is predominantly occupied by the Ijesa people. Its capital is Ijebu-Jesa (or Ijebu Ijesha) in the north of the area at. The current chairman of the council is Obeisun Ezekiel Olubunmi.

It has an area of 465 km and a population of 148,617 at the 2006 census.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oriade” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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